Black Loyalists
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Black Loyalists were African-descended supporters of the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, many of whom were formerly enslaved people who gained or sought freedom by fighting for or aiding British forces.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T314631 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Black Loyalists Context triple: [Loyalist militias, hasEthnicComposition, Black Loyalists]
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Haitian Americans
Haitian Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Haitian descent, many of whom are concentrated in South Florida and maintain strong cultural, linguistic, and familial ties to Haiti.
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American Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society was a 19th-century organization that promoted and organized the migration of free African Americans to Africa, leading to the founding of Liberia.
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Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people are a diverse group of people of African descent whose ancestors were brought to the Caribbean, shaping the region’s cultures, languages, religions, and music.
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Anti-Slavery Office
The Anti-Slavery Office was an abolitionist organization’s headquarters and publishing center that produced influential antislavery literature and supported the broader campaign against slavery in the United States.
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Massachusett people
The Massachusett people are an Indigenous Algonquian-speaking nation of the Northeastern Woodlands whose traditional homelands encompass what is now eastern Massachusetts, including the area around present-day Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Black Loyalists Target entity description: Black Loyalists were African-descended supporters of the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, many of whom were formerly enslaved people who gained or sought freedom by fighting for or aiding British forces.
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A.
Haitian Americans
Haitian Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Haitian descent, many of whom are concentrated in South Florida and maintain strong cultural, linguistic, and familial ties to Haiti.
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B.
American Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society was a 19th-century organization that promoted and organized the migration of free African Americans to Africa, leading to the founding of Liberia.
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C.
Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people are a diverse group of people of African descent whose ancestors were brought to the Caribbean, shaping the region’s cultures, languages, religions, and music.
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D.
Anti-Slavery Office
The Anti-Slavery Office was an abolitionist organization’s headquarters and publishing center that produced influential antislavery literature and supported the broader campaign against slavery in the United States.
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E.
Massachusett people
The Massachusett people are an Indigenous Algonquian-speaking nation of the Northeastern Woodlands whose traditional homelands encompass what is now eastern Massachusetts, including the area around present-day Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African diaspora community
ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ political group ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Black British Loyalists
ⓘ
Black refugees ⓘ |
| became | Sierra Leone Creoles ancestors ⓘ |
| departedFrom |
Charleston
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Savannah ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Book of Negroes ⓘ |
| estimatedPopulation | thousands ⓘ |
| faced |
broken land grant promises
ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ racial discrimination in Nova Scotia ⓘ |
| founded | Freetown ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | African descent ⓘ |
| included | formerly enslaved people ⓘ |
| influenced |
abolitionist movements in Britain
ⓘ
early Black communities in Canada ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | refugees ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Boston King
ⓘ
David George ⓘ Moses Wilkinson ⓘ Thomas Peters ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Patriots ⓘ |
| organized | migration to Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| peakMigrationPeriod | 1783–1785 ⓘ |
| promised | freedom in exchange for service ⓘ |
| promisedBy |
British colonial authorities
ⓘ
surface form:
British authorities
|
| region |
British America
ⓘ
surface form:
British North America
|
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| resettledIn |
England
ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ Nova Scotia ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
Sierra Leone ⓘ |
| servedAs |
guides
ⓘ
laborers ⓘ pioneers ⓘ soldiers ⓘ spies ⓘ |
| servedIn |
British Army
ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form:
British Navy
|
| sought | freedom from slavery ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly research on slavery and freedom ⓘ |
| supported | British Crown ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1775–1783 ⓘ |
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Subject: Black Loyalists Description of subject: Black Loyalists were African-descended supporters of the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, many of whom were formerly enslaved people who gained or sought freedom by fighting for or aiding British forces.
Referenced by (15)
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